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pavonated

/ˈpæv.ə.neɪ.tɪd/

pavonated adjective: colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.

Adjective

pavonated (comparative more pavonated, superlative most pavonated)

  1. (dated, poetic) Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.
    • 2181 Very dark copper red, slightly pavonated Copper Pyrites, in Quartz; from Freiberg. 2182 Very beautifully pavonated Copper Pyrites, with traversing slips of Siderocalcite; from Grosskamsdorf.1798, Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten, A Description of the Minerals in the Leskean Museum, page 243
    • She guided me into a courtyard whose thrumming intensity of blue could only have been created by a fusion of hyacinthine and pavonated cobalt exalted by lapis. This hot blue kingdom was planted with orange trees heavy with fruit.2010 April 5, Michelle Lovric, The Book of Human Skin, A&C Black, →ISBN

Forms of pavonated

comparativemore pavonated
superlativemost pavonated

Origin of pavonated

From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ate + -ed.

Questions about pavonated

What does pavonated mean?
Pavonated means colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.
What part of speech is pavonated?
Pavonated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pavonated?
Pavonated is pronounced /ˈpæv.ə.neɪ.tɪd/.

Words near pavonated in the dictionary

  1. Pavlovs
  2. Pavlovsk
  3. PAVN
  4. Pavo
  5. pavon
  6. pavonated
  7. pavonazzetto
  8. Pavonazzo
  9. pavone
  10. pavones
  11. pavonia

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